Balmoral Junior High School - Crimson Green and White Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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GUEST EDITORIAL 2 In our disturbed world where the pattern of life seems to be accented by teen-age problems it is indeed remarkable to find in Balmoral a staff and student body co-operating as they do. The conmunity which we find operating within the old sandstone walls of your school could be likened to the community of nations living and working together within the framework of the United Nations. It is, if you like, a miniature United Nations. The staff and the students council set the rules by which this community operates and lives purposefully. They are made up of various backgrounds but they work together for your common ends. The values to be gained from living together in this school community will not be realized by you till you are much older. The serious ones who are concerned about this problem of living together will come to understand that much of what is learned in your school had to be taught and practiced , over many prejudices and oppositions„• Due to the efforts of a number of people with vision, dedicated to improving your school community, Balmoral has become a fine place in which to grow and develop. In my experience I ' have seen many students reject new and progressive ideas. However, students of the Balmoral community are taught to welcome new ideas - to become familiar with the unfamiliar, and after a number of years of working in your school I personally witnessed the results of this teaching as evidenced by the special growth and developement of the students. Like the growing,cooperating nations who belong to, and receive help from our world organization, I have seen the immature and the insecure begin to attain maturity and self reliance assisted by those who care. A strong tenet of the cultural, social and academic teaching of the Balmoral community is that, beolde yourself, others exist and must be encourage to learn how to live and enjoy life too - the interdependency of the student body and staff and the program itself is emphasized. Perhaps it is in .your clu and your sports, particularly that you learn to integrate the members of different family backgrounds, races and creeds and to submerge the prejudices which tend to develop a community of people who do not care about each other. Now that r am no longer a part of your school in an active way, I would urge this very worthwhile community to maintain at all’costs the way of life by which you are known throughout this city 0 L.D.MCDOUGALL. Assistant Principal. Elboya School.

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1 EDITORIAL PRINCIPAL ’ S MESSAGE ENTERPRISE The enterprising person gets things done. The prizes in life go to those who do something better. This arises from initiative - the ability to think clearly, to act 0 decisively, and to apply oneself without thought of the cost. Opportunity exists within ourselves. There are challenging openings for all ages from the ’teens to maturity and beyond. This has been a very successful year for many students. If you have not shared in the joy of success, banish the practice of depending on luck, and go out and get yourself your share of success! ■ K. B. Meiklejohn ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE OPEN DOORS As an adolescent looking ahead into the future, you must sometimes feel as if you were standing-in a large enclosure, with walls made up of countless doors. Each door leads Into a room symbolic of a different vocational area. Which door will you take as you move from today into the future? With your limited experiences you can know what is in but few of these rooms, the rooms where your parents and family acquaintances work. Most of the rooms are full of mystery to the teen-ager. When you enter Junior High all the doors are open. How long will they stay open? That depends on YOU. Some of you will never be allowed in certain rooms. Today one room appeals to you; next month it is a different doorway that seems to attract you. Your final choice is still a few years away. Are you keeping all those doors open till you are certain of the room in which you want to spend your lifetime of work? Will you, a few years from now, be standing on a threshold, longing to enter, but excluded because you have closed the £oor? If you fail to complete Junior High, or if you do poorly in Junior High, immediately most of the doors are slammed in your face, never again to be opened. The moment you choose certain High School programs you close some doors. Avoid future disappointment; keep all the doors open. L. C. Pallesen

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3 EDITOR Tit L As our dedication is to the United Nations and continuing world peace, I thought it fitting that we look at the United Nations ' birth. In 1919, twenty- nine nations met in Versailles, France., to form a League of Nations. The purpose of the League was to maintain peace. Meetings were held until 1939, when World War Two broke out. While World War Two was being fought, many national leaders thought the world should attempt another peace organization, which could be guided by the mistakes made by the League of Nations. In 1941 Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt met on the U.S.S. ' ' Augusta”, an American cruiser. In spite of the danger from German submarines, these two great men decided on the principles of peace, called the Atlantic Charter, which consisted of four important, statements. These statements declared that people should be free to choose their own government. The U.S.A. and Britain believed all nations should live well, the enemy should be disarmed after defeat, and finally all the world should live in freedom from fear and wont. The United Nations Declaration of 1941 was a war document and said nothing of peace plans to come. In 1943 Churchill and Roosevelt again met, but this time in Casablanca, North Africa, another war infected area. This war meeting tied together the armed forces of the U.S.a. and Britain. The two leaders also decided that food was the greatest n’eed of people. In the same year seventy-four nations met in Hot Springs, Virginia to form the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organi¬ zation, the first of many life preserving organizations. In November of 1943 Russia entered the talks by having a foreign minister ' s conference with the U.S. and Britain. The. Moscow Pact, the agreement made at the conference, was signed, and The Big Three, - Russia, Britain and the United States - was formed. Since 1943 many nations have entered the United Nations and joined in their efforts to maintain peace ' . Del‘Howdep, Editor YEARBOOK STAFF SPONSORS - Mr. Churchill - Mr. Kemp EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - Del Howden ASSISTANT EDITOR - Sue North CO-EDITOR - Betty iinne Robertson LITERARY - Linda S.oole GIRLS ' SPORTS - Donna Carr BOYS ' SPORTS - Ed Braucr - Assisted by Bill Wylie, Barrie McCullough, Tom Nevison, Dennis Leask, Muzz Luft CLUBS - ■ Dianne Stedman - Franceo,Hatton ACTIVITIES - Betty Anne Robertson SECRETARIES - Mrs. Goodfellow - Mrs. Hatch PICTURE MOUNTERS- Cameron Douglas - AssiBted by Linda Soole, Frances Hatton, Del Howden YEARBOOK SALESMEN - Donna Carr, - Assisted.by Elaine Davis, Judy Evans, YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY - Photo Club Sue North ADVERTISEMENT - Cameron Douglas, Frances Hatton, Sue North, Del Howden ART - Pat Bailie, Cameron Douglas COVER - Phil Dudar STAFF - Elaine Davis, Jeanette Labs, Barrie Wood, Gail McCallum, Wayne Francis, Tom Sneddon, Lynn Owen, Bob Dryden, Marlene Warren, Joy Clarke, .Marilyn Stevens.